US attack helos, F-35s and infantry heading to Baltics amid Ukraine invasion

Posted on AllSides February 22nd, 2022
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Another round of U.S. troops has been mobilized in support of Eastern European countries as Russia further invades Ukraine.

Joining 6,000 troops already activated in Germany, Poland and Hungary, the Defense Department announced Tuesday that a spate of combat aircraft and infantry troops will head to the Baltics and Poland.

They include:

800 soldiers from an Italy-based infantry battalion task force to the Baltic states

Up to eight Air Force F-35 strike fighters from Germany to the Baltics, as well as an unspecified location on NATO’s southeastern flank

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